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1627165

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	date	11/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether an individual subject to the duty to remove under clause 2 of the Illegal Migration Bill will be considered for release from detention if a rule 35 report is brought to the attention of the Home Office.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7774
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2023 answer text <p>The Illegal Migration Bill creates new detention powers which will allow the Home Secretary to detain a person pending a decision as to whether they meet the four conditions and the new duty to remove applies, and thereafter to detain pending their removal.</p><p>All Immigration Removal Centres (IRCs) must operate in compliance with the Detention Centre Rules 2001, this includes any additional sites that are opened as IRCs to increase detention capacity.</p><p>The purpose of rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 is to ensure that people in detention who are particularly vulnerable are brought to the attention of those with direct responsibility for authorising, maintaining and reviewing detention. This rule applies to all people who are detained under immigration powers in IRCs, regardless of the immigration power they are detained under. Rule 35 is a reporting mechanism, and where a report is completed, it does not automatically mean that the person should be released.</p><p>An individual’s placement in detention is considered on a case-by-case basis with account to the most suitable IRC that can meet their needs. Our <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offender-management" target="_blank">Detention: General Instructions</a> provides guidance on this process.</p><p>We only detain persons for immigration purposes in places that are listed in the Immigration (Places of Detention) Direction 2021.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth grouped question UIN HL7773 HL7776 question first answered 26/05/2023 11:23:56 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1626224

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people they forecast will be detained under the powers contained in Clause 12 of the Illegal Migration Bill in (1) 2024, (2) 2025, and (3) 2026.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7690
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The purpose of the Illegal Migration Bill is to prevent and deter unlawful migration, and in particular migration by unsafe and illegal routes.</p><p>Those who arrive illegally will be liable to detention and will be swiftly removed to their home country or to a safe third country. The powers to detain are contained in clause 10 of the Bill.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/05/2023 11:58:52 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

1626225

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what role, if any, the detention gatekeeper will have in relation to decisions to detain people under Clause 12 of the Illegal Migration Bill.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of Durham
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL7691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2023 answer text <p>The powers to detain are contained in clause 10 of the Illegal Migration Bill. The detention gatekeeper will continue to have a role in assessing an individual’s suitability for detention, in line with published policy.</p><p>The detention gatekeeper works independently of both referring operational teams (for example Border Force, Immigration Compliance and Enforcement &amp; others) and detained casework teams (National Returns Command, Foreign National Offenders Return Command and others) to ensure individuals only enter immigration detention where detention is for a lawful purpose and is considered to be a proportionate measure on the facts of the case.</p> answering member printed Lord Murray of Blidworth question first answered 23/05/2023 11:59:32 answering member 4950 label Biography information for Lord Murray of Blidworth
	tabling member	4312 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of Durham

61511

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Detainees
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to public funds, in each of the last five years, of compensation payments to illegal immigrants who had been unlawfully detained beyond the statutory period; and what was the legal aid cost of the lawyers undertaking those compensation claims.
	tabling member printed	Lord Vinson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	HL289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>1 April 2008 we have reported on compensation cases and disclosed information on individual cases where the costs exceeded £250,000. We do not report the individual details on cases below this threshold, or prior to this date.</p><p> </p><p>Information relating to compensation, ex-gratia and adverse legal costs payments is available and can be found within the Losses and Special Payments disclosure in the UKBA Annual Report and Accounts. These are available on the Home Office Website via the attached link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=uk-border-agency" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications?departments%5B%5D=uk-border-agency</a></p><p> </p><p>Legal Aid Agency data does not distinguish between false imprisonment claims made by illegal immigrants and those made by other individuals.</p> answering member printed Lord Faulks question first answered 24/06/2014 13:26:12 answering member 4183 label Biography information for Lord Faulks
	tabling member	1807 label Biography information for Lord Vinson